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Actually there is a reason, God made no provision for other mediators

Then Christians shouldn't pray for each other, because that's mediation.

His word. In Fact He clearly excludes another

In fact, 1 Tim 2:5 does nothing of the sort, and says nothing like what you claim it says. The word translated "one" is heis ("one, unique, primary"), not monos ("one and only one").

But you don't even need to know Greek to see that. Read it in context:

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

If you look up "intercession" in the dictionary, you'll find that it's mediation for a lesser party before a greater party. All you have to do is look two verses away to see that your exegesis is wrong.

Paul's point here is not that Christians mediate before the Father in place of Christ -- and no Christian believes that they do -- but the Christians are commanded to mediate for each other with Christ, not instead of him, and he -- the one mediator -- then mediates those petitions to the Father.

Mary doesn't mediate with the Father except through and in Christ, Paul doesn't, Timothy doesn't, the Pope doesn't, I don't, and you don't. That's Catholic doctrine, and it's Biblical doctrine.

As I've said before, Protestants only believe in this "only one mediator" stuff when they use it to attack Catholicism. The rest of the time, they're busy publishing "prayer requests" which ought to be totally out of line if there's only one mediator.